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Month: April 2017

So you've written your study, you've had some people read through it, you've gotten their feedback, and... now what? Incorporating alpha feedback should be rather painless, to be honest. For one, there isn't that much of it. And two, the things they are looking for are the things you suspected to be wrong anyway. I … Continue reading Incorporating alpha reader feedback

I've mentioned on and off these creatures called alpha and beta readers. What are they and what do they do? In yesterday's video, I talked a bit about alpha readers. I want to dive in a little deeper to the role of alpha readers, the kinds of questions you'd want to ask them, and how … Continue reading Alpha readers and your Bible study

Have you ever found yourself editing, things running smoothly, and all of a sudden you come upon a herd of mountain goats? All the progress you felt you were making is now at a standstill and you feel like you can't move anywhere without running someone over? Yesterday, we talked about taking breaks while editing, … Continue reading Roadblocks while editing

Editing isn't the most fun part of writing, but believe me, it is the most necessary part. In yesterday's video, I talked about my own editing process. I broke editing down into three stages and you can go check that out. Over here, though, I want to talk about the importance of taking a break … Continue reading Editing – 3 reasons to take a break

In this week's video, I talked about (and incorrectly named) the Thompson Chain-Reference Study Bible. I bought ours as a gift to my husband because his Bible went missing a few years back. I asked some pastor friends about a good study Bible and they all recommended this one. Needless to say, he never used … Continue reading Using the Thompson Chain-Reference Study Bible

This week's video is about theme! Determining a theme, figuring out how to work a study based on one, and finding resources to support. I want to talk here about actually determining your theme. How do you go about actually deciding on a theme and then building a study on it? This may seem really … Continue reading Determining a Bible study theme

Hello! I hope you were able to find my youtube channel for my very first vlog that went up yesterday. In it, I talked about how to write a Bible study. I want to dive a little deeper into some of the areas here. I am not going to recap what I talked about in … Continue reading How to write a Bible study